1. Agenda for the Day Ice Breaker WBL Continuum Overview Leadership Roles
Leadership Role Breakout Sessions
OPTIC Time
Summer Deliverables

2. Friday, June 26th 11am – 1pm 2 hours
Work-Based Learning
Friday, June 26th
11am – 1pm
2 hours

3. Objective
Provide academy leadership teams with the basic principles of work-based learning
Provide academy leadership teams with the opportunity to analyze sample work-based learning curricula and lessons
Provide academy grade level teams guidance as they plan work-based learning lessons and activities into their elective courses
Create monthly work-based learning lessons for each grade level (technical course)

4. Ice Breaker
Your team has 1 minute to replicate the following picture on the next slide
Each person gets only 1 colored marker
Black
Red
Yellow
Blue
Green

6. What Is Work-Based Learning?
An instructional strategy essential in preparing students for success in postsecondary education and careers
Designed to extend and deepen classroom learning that is difficult to achieve through a traditional classroom environment

7. What Is Work-Based Learning?
Expose students to future work options and provide opportunities for skill development and mastery over time
Involves interactions with industry or community professionals linked to school-based instruction

8. Benefits to Students Apply academic and technical classroom learning
Develop workplace competencies
Establish a clear connection between education and work
Explore possible careers
Improve post-graduation options for employment and further education and training
Practice positive work habits
Understand the expectations of the workplace

9. Benefits to Industry
Create a pool of skilled and motivated potential employees with the ability to adapt to an ever-changing, global job market
Reduce training/recruiting costs for new employees
Partner with schools to prepare students for their futures
Provide developmental opportunities for current workforce
Generate positive publicity
Establish meaningful relationships with young people

10. Benefit to Schools Expand curriculum and extend learning facilities
Provide access to workplace techniques and technology
Enhance the ability to meet the need of diverse student populations
Provide opportunities for individualized instruction
Promote faculty interaction with the community
Make education more relevant and valuable for students
Improve high school graduation rates
Deepen community relationships

11. Work-Based Learning in the Linked Learning Certification Criteria
Essential Elements for pathway Quality – WBL
All students participate in a personalized and coordinated continuum of WBL experiences designed to help them master and demonstrate academic, technical, and 21st Century skills, as identifies in the pathway student learning outcomes.
Criteria 2 – Engaged learning
2.6.1 – Coordinated, sequenced, and scaled: all pathway students participate in and have access to a continuum of high-quality, real-world learning experiences
2.6.2 – Connected to coursework: each WBL experience is aligned to pathway student learning outcomes

12. Work-Based Learning Continuum

13. Stage 1: Career Awareness
Goal – build awareness of the variety of careers available and identify areas of interest
Examples – field trip, classroom speaker, company tour, career day, college fair, career fair, college visit, industry themed projects

14. Stage 1: Career Awareness
Sample Student Learning Outcome
Can articulate the type of postsecondary education and training required in the career field
Can give an example of accepted workplace norms

15. Stage 2: Career Exploration
Goal - explore career options to provide motivation and inform decision-making
Example – job shadow, informational interview, virtual exchange with industry, mentoring relationship, college research, industry-related projects

16. Stage 2: Career Exploration
Sample Student Learning Outcome
Can give examples of necessary skills for the workplace
Can articulate the pathway from high school to postsecondary education available in the community

17. Stage 3: Career Preparation
Goal – apply learning through practical experience and interaction with professionals from industry in order to extend and deepen classroom work
Example – integrated project with industry involvement, internships connected to the curriculum, after school technical programs

18. Stage 3: Career Preparation
Sample Student Learning Outcome
Comprehends professional verbal, written, and visual communication
Builds effective collaborative working relationships with colleagues
Describe workplace behavior and etiquette

19. Stage 4: Career Training
Goal - train for employment in a specific field and range of occupations
Example – internship requiring credentials, apprenticeship, clinical experience, on the job training, work experience, employment training

20. Stage 4: Career Training
Sample Student Learning Outcomes
Demonstrates critical-thinking and problem-solving skills
Open to learning and demonstrates information gathering skills

21. Coordinated and Sequences Activities
Notice that the activities build on each other from year to year

22. Activity
Categorize the following into the 4 stages of the WBL continuum
Career Awareness
Career Exploration
Career Preparation
Career Training

23. Share Your Responses Career Awareness Career Exploration
Career Preparation
Career Training
Career Fair
College Fair
Classroom Speaker
Company Tour
Field Trip
College Visit
Mentoring Relationship
Industry Related Project
Job Shadowing
Internship
Afterschool Technical Program
Integrated Project with Industry
Apprenticeship
On The Job Training
Work Experience

24. Roles and Responsibilities
Students – develop learning objective, participate, and reflect on experiences
Teachers – prepare, support and monitor student progress, help students make connections to workplace
Workplace – collaborate with school staff to create learning opportunities for students

25. Defining WBL Experiences
Does NOT need to take place at a workplace
Does NOT need to occur during the standard workday
Does involve interaction with industry
Does build upon activities student have already experienced in the classroom

27. 7 Work-Based Learning Quality Criteria
Driven by student outcomes rather than activities
Target ALL students rather than just the best ones
Focuses on college AND career readiness rather than just job readiness
Integrates with program of study, connected to classroom learning, and embedded in interdisciplinary projects
Sequenced and coordinated rather than ad hoc
Supported by a team of academic and CTE teachers rather than only the CTE teachers
Designed according to quality criteria rather than driven by factors such as schedule, availability of partners, and maximizing the number of student participants

28. Activity
Using the 7 WBL quality criteria, what strategies will your team use next year to prepare student for WBL experiences that is different from what you currently do?

30. Sample Model of WBL
Take 5 minutes to analyze the Health Academy WBL plan with your team
Have one person from your team share something you notice about their plan

31. Review Field Excursion Process
Value Statement
Experience Summary

32. Tips for Highly Effective Field Learning Experiences
Identify the right group of students for the specific field learning experience
Prepare students before going into the field and communicate expectations
Reflect on the experience afterwards
Plan ahead!!

33. Integrating WBL into Curriculum
WBL Monthly Curriculum Overview
Integrated Units
Month
WBL Activity
Summary of Activity
September
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June

34. Share Your Academy’s Plan
Share one WBL activity that you have embedded into your integrated unit

35. Pathway Connections Specialist
Develop collaborative relationships with postsecondary institutions to align curriculum
Network with industry partners to leverage work-based learning opportunities for students
Manage the California Career Pathway Trust Grant to ensure goals are implemented
Assist in the development of an advisory board

36. Pathway Connection Specialist
How I can support you…
Assist in planning work-based learning opportunities for students
Reach out to postsecondary and industry partners

37. Pathway Specialist
This position will assist schools as they develop pathway programs that ensure students are college and career ready by graduation.
This position will assist schools as they prepare for the Linked Learning self-assessment process and for Linked Learning Quality Review.
This position will assist schools in development of curriculum, instructional strategies, career awareness, and the assessment of the effectiveness of the pathway design.

38. Pathway Specialist How I can support you…
Provide feedback for UC course submissions and new course development
Provide feedback regarding leadership collaboration and meeting time
Provide professional development and training (managerial tasks, leadership roles, summer institute, retreat days)
Facilitate evidence gathering and analysis
Communicate with administrators
Assist in planning integrated units, retreats, and meetings
Conduct classroom observations and provide feedback

39. Academy Coordinators Student Outcomes-Driven Practice
Equity, Access, and Achievement
Program of Study
Learning & Teaching
WBL
Personalized Student Support
Pathway Leadership & Partnerships
Business Duties: purchasing, travel/PD, planning meetings, classroom observations, BlackBoard Connect, annual report (CPA)

40. Moving Towards Certification- Coordinator Expectations
Community of Practice – is transitioning from using “meeting” time to function as a Community of Practice (COP)/PLC – focus is instruction
Community of Practice – conducts classroom observations and provides feedback to teachers, as well as facilitates academy team walks to discuss academy shared best practices
Community of Practice – facilitates integrated unit planning and cross collaboration
Community of Practice- OPTIC – cycle of improvement and action planning
WBL- Advisory Board Meetings
WBL – internships, mentorships supporting industry connections
Post Secondary Articulation Agreements- initiating the process

41. Administrator Role - In Supporting Certification
Attending leadership collaboration, advisory board meetings, and special events
Conducting academy classroom observations
Practicing distributed leadership – including coordinators in master scheduling and teacher recruitment
Meeting with Coordinators on a monthly basis
Creating a Master Schedule w/ Linked Learning as a priority
Reviewing their evidence & OPTIC 41

42. Leadership Breakout Sessions
Student Adviser: Upstairs Small Conference Room
Data: Upstairs Computer Lab
WBL: Human Resources Conference Room
Student Leadership: District Board Room
Parent/Community Relations/Recruitment: Upstairs Large Conference Room
Coordinator & APs: Communities of Practice: Lloyde HS Room

43. OPTIC
In your teams re-visit the self assessment and revise as necessary
Revise action plan as necessary
Review evidence that needs to be collected

44. Summer Deliverables Take some time to calendar your 18 hours
Drafts of two integrated units
Academy calendar of events (summer bridge event, Spirit Days, parent workshops, WBL excursions)
Updated OPTIC
Updated Academy Outcomes